Washing-machine.



No. 663,37l. Patented Dec. 4, I900. l. u. THOMAS.

WASHING MACHINE.

(Application filed J'u1y31, 1900.)

(No Model.)

ATEENT Fries,

ISAAC N. THOMAS, OF LIMA, OHIO.

WASHING- MACHINE.

)EECIFEGATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 663,371, dated December 1900- Application filed July 31, 1900- To (I/ZZ whmpt, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

In United States Patent No. 652,552, granted to me June 26, 1900, I have shown and described certain improvements in washingmachines in which the washing apparatus is mounted upon a base-board,which base-board rests upon the upper edges of the tub. It has been found that some means should be provided for preventing the displacement of said base-board from the upper edges of the tub, due to the vibration caused by the operation of the pounder, and means whereby the baseboard carrying the washing apparatus may be swung up into a vertical position for the purpose of draining the pounders and permitting the introduction of the clothes to be washed into the tub. My present invention has to do with means for supporting the base-board of a washing apparatus upon the tub and for securing the same in place, which will provide for the swinging movement of said base-board to a vertical position without danger of discon nection of the same from the tub.

The invention consists of a fulcrum piece or support seen red or adapted to be secured to the sides of the tub and extending inwardly toward the center thereof, the same comprising a horizontally-disposed yoke-shaped member havirg outwardly-extending lips or projections at the ends of the side branches thereof a ud a vertically-disposed yoke-shaped member secured to the side branches of the other member and extending upwardly therefrom and a base-board for the washing apparatus having a tenon on one end adapted to be introduced into the space between the members of said fulcrum piece or support and provided on its under side with a plate provided with a flange adapted to engage the lower edge of the horizontal member of said support. when said baseboard is in its raised or vertical position.

The invention also consists in certain featu res and details of construction and combi- Serial No. 25,452. (No model.)

nations of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a sectional elevation of an ordinary tub, showing my invention 'in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the fulcrum-sup 'iort. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the base-board, and Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the base-board in connection with the t'ulcrum-support.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

In the drawings I have illustrated my invention in connection with an ordinary tub 1 and reciprocating washing apparatus comprising the pounders 2, the vertically-movable rod or shaft 3, to which said pounders are connected, and the operating-lever4, connected with said shaft. The shaft 3 extends through the base-board 5, and the latter is provided at one end with a tenon 6, on opposite sides of which are the shoulders 7. Secured to the under side of the base-board 5 is a plate 8, having a downwardly-extending flange 9 in line with the end of the tenon 6.

The fulcrum piece or supportv l'f0r the base-board is seen red to the inner surface of the side of the tub 1 adjacent to its upper end and extends inwardly toward the center of the tub. The said fulcrum-piece is made up of a yoke-shaped horizontally-disposed member 11, preferably constructed of sheet metal,and having its ends bent outwardly from the branches of the yoke to form the lips or projections 12 12, and of the verticallydisposed yoke-shaped or inverted-U-shaped member l3,'whose ends are secured to the side branches of the member 11 and which extends upwardly from said member 11. Within the space between the members 11 and 13 of the support fits the tenon 6 on the end of the baseboard 5. When said base-board is in its horizontal position, with the pounders down in the tub 1,0ne end of said base-board is supported by the'horizontal member 11 of the fulcrumpiece 10,while the opposite end thereof rests upon the upper edge of the tub. This end of the base-board is provided with suitable fastening means. In the form of my invention herein shown I employ a hook 14,

pivoted to the base-board 5, adapted to engage a loop or eye 15, secured to the outside of the tub 1. The plate 8 when the washing apparatus is in operative position serves as a Wear-plate for the under side of the baseboard 5. When said base-board is raised to its vertical position, the same is supported by the engagement of the shoulders 7 with the upper edges of the horizontal member 11 of the fulcrum-piece 10, and outward movement of said base-board is prevented by the engagement of one side thereof with the vertically-disposed member 13 of said fulcrumpiece. 1 Lateral swinging movement of the base-board is prevented by the engagement of the flange 9 on the plate 8 with the lower edge of the horizontal member 11 of the fulcrum-piece. It will thus be seen that the base-board 5,with the washingapparatus connected therewith, may be readily and conven' iently moved to or from its operative position on the tub l or may be entirely disconnected therefrom by slipping the tenon 6 out of the fulcrum-piece 10. At the same time, by reason of the fact that. the fulcrum piece or support 10 is secured to the inner surface of the tub 1, the pounders 2 may be caused to drain back into the tub instead of to the outside thereof. Furthermore, by having the fulcrum piece or support 10 extending toward the center of the tub the washing apparatus when in itsraised position is less likely to over-balance the tub and upset the same.

Having now described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a washtub and the base-board of a washing apparatus to be used in connection therewith, the said baseboard being provided with a tenon at one end, of a fulcrum piece or support for said baseboard secured to the inner side of said tub and comprisingahorizontally-disposed, yokeshaped memherprovided with securing means at its ends, and an upwardly-extending, vertically-disposed yoke-shaped member secured to said horizontallydisposed member, the tenon on said base-board fitting within the angular space between the members of said support, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination with a washtub and the base-board of a washing apparatus to be used in connection therewith, the said baseboard being provided with a tenon at one end, of a fulcrum piece or support for said baseboard secured to the inner side of said tub and comprising a horizontally-disposed yokeshaped member having outwardly-extending lips or projections at the ends of the branches thereof constituting securing means, and an upwardly-extending, vertically-disposed, yoke-shaped member secured to said horizontally-disposed member, the tenon on said base-board fitting within the angular space between the members of said support, and locking means for said board at the end opposite said tenon, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination with a washtub and the base-board of a Washing apparatus to be used in connection therewith, the said baseboard being provided with a tenon at one end, of a fulcrum piece or support for said baseboard secured to the inner side of said tub and comprising a horizontally-disposed, yokeshaped member provided with securing means at its end, and an upwardly-extending, verticallydisposed, yoke-shaped member secured to said horizontally-disposed member, a plate secured to the under side of said baseboard having a flange thereon adjacent to the end of said tenon, the tenon on said baseboard fitting within the angular space between the members of said support and the flange on said plate adapted to engage the lower edge of the horizontally-disposed member of said support when said base-board is in its raised position, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- IIGSSGS.

- ISAAC N. THOMAS. WVitnesses:

E. STIOKNEY, JAMES BRITT. 

